#up

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#both sides #face #fact #friendships #good

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#childish #evil #explanation #ignore #looked

It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#get #i #lovely #pity #such

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#breakup #concurrently #device #did #even

The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#city #does #fans #film #friendship

When I get back from this book tour, I'm planning to learn the internet. Maybe I can hook up in cyberspace. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#book #book tour #cyberspace #get #hook

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#born #down-to-earth #grew #i #i was born

Right now I have more confidence in myself. I grew up. ↗

— Amelie Mauresmo

#grew #i #more #myself #now

Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand. ↗